Public bug reported:
Grub installer fails.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
Date: Tue
I had the same problem on my HP Mini 311:
$ dmesg | grep "HP Mini"
[0.00] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP Mini 311-1000/3651, BIOS F.02 08/04/2009
$ lsb_release -d
Description:Ubuntu 11.10
$ uname -mr
3.0.0-12-generic i686
$ lspci -vvnn | grep Broadcom
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadco